Gluten Hates Me

Friday, April 24, 2009

Gluten Free Bride to Be

Can you tell the difference between these two pictures of flowers?

The second photo are not actually real flowers! They’re carnations that I made out of tissue paper this morning!

Paper flowers are recyclable, reusable, and can’t wilt! Plus they’re only about 3 cents a flower! Both Parrish and I work in the non-profit sector, so I’m looking for any aspect of our wedding to be DIY. At first I thought that we could grow our own flowers. BUT I don’t have much luck growing flowers. So I looked around for paper flowers…and if you buy them pre-made, they’re pretty expensive! ($25 for 3) Luckily, you can find directions to make just about any craft online, and after a few tries I had a bouquet of carnations! My first flower I made was good, but I made it pretty large. My second flower was medium, but my last three were just right.

But I LOVE new ideas!! I can’t wait to rummage yard sales and thrift stores over the next few months for more milk glass and mason jars to use at the reception.

My aunt pointed out that when I shared my pics from the engagement that I didn’t show you guys a close up of the ring. Last night when I was picking apart the roses from that night to preserve, I did a pretty dorky photo shoot with my ring. I thought I would share. (Ok, ok, a super dorky photo shoot BUT I love my ring!)

Sapphire is Parrish’s birth stone :) He built the ring himself! I gave him absolutely NO info. He did a great job!

I'm not getting married but I have friends who are, and we've been stalking this blog for ideas: http://www.stylemepretty.com/ They post GORGEOUS photos of all different types of weddings, and most of the photos are of wedding details, which can give you all kinds of ideas. They also have a whole DIY section! Maybe it will help give you some ideas! ~;o)

Gorgeous ring and flowers! Way to be "crafty"! I have a money saving wedding hint. My older sister did this and it worked like a charm. Have a decoy wedding cake! Her wedding cake was a huge gorgeous creating, but it was really just decorated boxes stacked like a cake. The one layer they cut was the only real layer. Then, the cake was wheeled into the kitchen, presumably to be cut and served. There was actually a sheet cake in the kitchen to serve. No one had a clue. Plus it was waaaay cheaper and easier than trying to bake and decorate a giant, real cake.

DIY weddings are the BEST!. No better expressions exist than a wedding touched by the hands of the bride, groom and families. Ours was held in NYC in the youth hostel. We planted flower centerpieces with lovely tulips and herbs from the flower district.We cooked the meal in the kitchens of the non profit organization (God's Love We Deliver) that I was working for then. My dress was a family heirloom Irish linen and lace tea dress. Heck you can even read about it, we were the wedding of the week in the NY Times.

http://tinyurl.com/cg2j2s

Best of luck, I love to read about weddings and will keep and eye out for good ideas for you. Have you thought of using paper with seeds inside? The guests just plant the invite after the wedding and have a little flower garden. If you are inclined, it is really easy to make paper using paper that would be recycled. just as you finish deckling it, you add the wildflower seeds.